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Upanishads : " The Cream of Vedas"
Vedanta ( Veda +anta i.e; the end of Vedas ) as the literal meaning connotes comprises the philosophical portion of Vedas, called the Upanishads.
Of about 280 Upanishads unearthed so far, 108 have been accepted as authorised texts , and out of them have been commented upon by great Acharyas lika Sri Sankaracharya , Sri Ramanjacharya, Sri Madhavacharya and thus are classified as major.

Visva, the first quarter ( pada ) is he, who is All-pervading and who experiences the external, the gross objects ( the Waker ).

Taijasa, the second quarter ( pada ), is he, who cognates the internal, the subtle bodies ( the Dreamer ).

Prajna is he, who is a mass of consciousness.

He is one alone who is thus known as three, in the three different planes of consciousness.

Discussion-4.

The idea is, the Life principle, or Pure Consciousness in us is one and the same, but identifying itself with the physical body, it looks out into the external objects.
When it is aware of the world outside, the condition is termed as the waking state.
When the same Consciousness Principle in us, detaching from the physical structure, identifies itself with the mind-and-intellect it becomes the Dreamer, dreaming its own world and mental impressions, which have certainly no no relationship with or reference to the world outside.
The same Consciousness, again, withdrawing entirely from the physical body and the subtle body, identifies itself with the causal-sheath and becomes the Deep-sleeper and enjoys the state of philosophical consciousness called Deep-Sleep.

Thus, in our different identifications, we experience as though we are, each in ourselves, three distinct personalities in us; in fact, it is intellectually acceptable that the Truth behind the three, the Vital Factor behind the three, the Life Principle presiding over the three fields of experiences, is one and the same, the 'I' - idea.

Mantram-6.
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Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa
yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam.
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word by meaning : -
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esah - this one;
sarvesvarah - is the ruler of all;
easah sarvahnah - this ( is ) Omniscient;
esah antaryami - this ( is ) all Knower;
easah yonih - this ( is ) the Source;
sarvasya - of all;
prabhava apyayau - origin and dissolution;
hi - verily;
bhutanam - of all beings.
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The sum of Mantram : -
"This is the Lord of all, this is the Knower of all, this is the inner Controller, this is the Source of all.
And, this is that from which all things originate and in which they finally dissolve themselves."
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